Effects of the defaunation gradient on plant herbivory, seed predation and dispersal: the Atlantic Rainforest perspective

• Grant number: 07/03392-6
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Duration: December 01, 2008 - March 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology - Ecosystems Ecology
• Principal Investigator: Mauro Galetti Rodrigues
• Grantee: Mauro Galetti Rodrigues
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rio Claro. Rio Claro , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Alexandra Sanches ; Hilton Thadeu Zarate do Couto ; Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz ; Mauricio Talebi Gomes ; Pedro Manoel Galetti Junior ; Silvio Frosini de Barros Ferraz
• Associated grant(s): 10/04927-3 - Statistical course in R for ecologist, AV.EXT
• Associated scholarship(s): 12/24765-3 - Resilience and extinction of large and medium sized mammals in fragmented landscapes of Atlantic seasonal, BP.IC; 11/13960-7 - Estimation of the genetic diversity of white-lipped and collared peccaries (Tayassu pecari and Pecari tajacu) from Taboco region (Corguinho, MS), BP.IC; 11/06281-6 - Characterization of the genetic diversity of white-lipped and collared peccaries(Tayassu pecari and Pecari tajacu)from an isolated forest fragment., BP.IC; + associated scholarships 10/20240-8 - Movement of individuals from a population of tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) in a fragmented landscape in the cerrado of Mato Grosso do Sul, BP.IC; 10/16075-1 - Cascading effects of defaunation on seed dispersal process: primate - plant interactions in the Atlantic rainforest, BP.PD; 10/04916-1 - Effect of defaunation on genetic structure of palmito juçara populations (Euterpe edulis) in the Atlantic Rainforest., BP.IC; 09/14387-9 - Populational variation and seed dispersers on seed germination of Euterpe edulis (Arecaceae), BP.IC; 09/03667-0 - White-lipped pecary (Tayassu pecari) demography analysed through faecal DNA in the Santa Virgínia nucleus of Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar, SP, Brazil., BP.MS; 08/01866-3 - HUMAN INFLUENCE IN SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF MAMMAL COMMUNITY AT ANCHIETA ISLAND STATE PARK, SP, BP.MS; 07/04073-1 - Linking landscape to molecules: genetic analysis of tapir populations (Tapirus terrestris) of the Atlantic rainforest of São Paulo State, BP.PD; 07/06409-7 - Frugivory and seed dispersal effectiveness by large frugivores: the role of tapir (Tapirus terrestris) and woolly spider monkey (Brachyteles arachnoides), BP.MS - associated scholarships

Abstract

The mammal fauna of meso and megafauna species is composed mainly by herbivores and frugivores. Several of these mammals are important seed dispersers, or important in controlling the recruitment of plants through seed predation and herbivory. Poaching is reducing severely the biomass of these mammals all over the tropics, but especially in the Atlantic forest. Therefore, the removal of these animals may have profound effects on the diversity and composition of plant species. This proposal will use the defaunation gradient in the Atlantic forest to investigate the cascating effects caused by the removal of medium and large mammals on plant biomass and diversity. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

NORRIS, DARREN; RAMIREZ, JOSE MOREIRA; ZACCHI, CARLOS; GALETTI, MAURO. Mastofauna de médio e grande porte na Núcleo Caraguatatuba, Parque Estadual Serra do Mar, SP, Brasil. Biota Neotropica, v. 12, n. 2, p. 127-133, APR-JUN 2012. (07/03392-6)

GALETTI, MAURO; RODARTE, RAISA REIS; NEVES, CAROLINA LIMA; MOREIRA, MARCELO; COSTA-PEREIRA, RAUL. Trophic Niche Differentiation in Rodents and Marsupials Revealed by Stable Isotopes. PLoS One, v. 11, n. 4, APR 6 2016. (14/01986-0, 07/03392-6)

DI-NIZO, CAMILLA BRUNO; NEVES, CAROLINA LIMA; VILELA, JULIO FERNANDO; SILVA, MARIA JOSE DE J.. New karyologycal data and cytotaxonomic considerations on small mammals from Santa Virginia (Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar, Atlantic Forest, Brazil). COMPARATIVE CYTOGENETICS, v. 8, n. 1, p. 11-30, 2014. (07/03392-6, 05/04557-3, 10/03432-0, 08/00493-9)

BUENO, RAFAEL S.; GUEVARA, ROGER; RIBEIRO, MILTON C.; CULOT, LAURENCE; BUFALO, FELIPE S.; GALETTI, MAURO. Functional Redundancy and Complementarities of Seed Dispersal by the Last Neotropical Megafrugivores. PLoS One, v. 8, n. 2, FEB 7 2013. (07/03392-6)

DALLA VECCHIA, ANA CAROLINA; BIONDO, CIBELE; SANCHES, ALEXANDRA; KEUROGHLIAN, ALEXINE; MIYAKI, CRISTINA YUMI; GALETTI, MAURO; GALETTI, JR., PEDRO MANOEL. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci for white-lipped peccaries (Tayassu pecari) and cross-amplification in collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu). CONSERVATION GENETICS RESOURCES, v. 3, n. 1, p. 151-154, JAN 2011. (07/03392-6)

CULOT, LAURENCE; BOVY, EMILIE; VAZ-DE-MELLO, FERNANDO ZAGURY; GUEVARA, ROGER; GALETTI, MAURO. Selective defaunation affects dung beetle communities in continuous Atlantic rainforest. Biological Conservation, v. 163, n. SI, p. 79-89, JUL 2013. (07/03392-6)

NORRIS, DARREN; ROCHA-MENDES, FABIANA; MARQUES, RENATO; NOBRE, RODRIGO DE ALMEIDA; GALETTI, MAURO. Density and Spatial Distribution of Buffy-tufted-ear Marmosets (Callithrix aurita) in a Continuous Atlantic Forest. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY, v. 32, n. 4, p. 811-829, AUG 2011. (01/14463-5, 07/03392-6)

VILLAR, NACHO; ROCHA-MENDES, FABIANA; GUEVARA, ROGER; GALETTI, MAURO. Large herbivore-palm interactions modulate the spatial structure of seedling communities and productivity in Neotropical forests. PERSPECTIVES IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION, v. 20, n. 1, p. 15-pg., 2022-03-02. (07/03392-6, 15/11521-7)

GIACOMINI, HENRIQUE C.; GALETTI, MAURO. An index for defaunation. Biological Conservation, v. 163, p. 9-pg., 2013-07-01. (07/03392-6)

LEITE, ABRAAO DE BARROS; BRANCALION, PEDRO H. S.; GUEVARA, ROGER; GALETTI, MAURO. Differential seed germination of a keystone palm (Euterpe edulis) dispersed by avian frugivores. JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY, v. 28, p. 4-pg., 2012-11-01. (10/04927-3, 07/03392-6)

CULOT, LAURENCE; BOVY, EMILIE; VAZ-DE-MELLO, FERNANDO ZAGURY; GUEVARA, ROGER; GALETTI, MAURO. Selective defaunation affects dung beetle communities in continuous Atlantic rainforest. Biological Conservation, v. 163, p. 11-pg., 2013-07-01. (07/03392-6)

SARANHOLI, BRUNO H.; SANCHES, ALEXANDRA; MOREIRA-RAMIREZ, JOSE F.; CARVALHO, CAROLINA DA SILVA; GALETTI, MAURO; GALETTI JR, PEDRO M.. Long-term persistence of the large mammal lowland tapir is at risk in the largest Atlantic forest corridor. PERSPECTIVES IN ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION, v. 20, n. 3, p. 9-pg., 2022-07-01. (07/03392-6, 13/24453-4, 13/19377-7, 07/04073-1, 19/26436-6)

GALETTI, MAURO; GUEVARA, ROGER; NEVES, CAROLINA L.; RODARTE, RAISA R.; BOVENDORP, RICARDO S.; MOREIRA, MARCELO; HOPKINS, III, JOHN B.; YEAKEL, JUSTIN D.. Defaunation affects the populations and diets of rodents in Neotropical rainforests. Biological Conservation, v. 190, p. 2-7, OCT 2015. (14/01986-0, 07/03392-6)

ROCHA-MENDES, FABIANA; NEVES, CAROLINA LIMA; NOBRE, RODRIGO DE ALMEIDA; MARQUES, RENATO MATOS; BIANCONI, GLEDSON VIGIANO; GALETTI, MAURO. Non-volant mammals from Nucleo Santa Virginia, Serra do Mar State Park, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Biota Neotropica, v. 15, n. 1, 2015. (07/03392-6, 01/14463-5)

GALETTI, MAURO; BOVENDORP, RICARDO S.; GUEVARA, ROGER. Defaunation of large mammals leads to an increase in seed predation in the Atlantic forests. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION, v. 3, p. 824-830, JAN 2015. (14/01986-0, 07/03392-6)

GALETTI, M.; BROCARDO, C. R.; BEGOTTI, R. A.; HORTENCI, L.; ROCHA-MENDES, F.; BERNARDO, C. S. S.; BUENO, R. S.; NOBRE, R.; BOVENDORP, R. S.; MARQUES, R. M.; et al. Defaunation and biomass collapse of mammals in the largest Atlantic forest remnant. ANIMAL CONSERVATION, v. 20, n. 3, p. 270-281, JUN 2017. (14/01986-0, 07/03392-6)

BROCARDO, CARLOS R.; ZIPPARRO, VALESCA B.; DE LIMA, RENATO A. F.; GUEVARA, ROGER; GALETTI, MAURO. No changes in seedling recruitment when terrestrial mammals are excluded in a partially defaunated Atlantic rainforest. Biological Conservation, v. 163, p. 8-pg., 2013-07-01. (07/03392-6)

GIACOMINI, HENRIQUE C.; GALETTI, MAURO. An index for defaunation. Biological Conservation, v. 163, n. SI, p. 33-41, JUL 2013. (07/03392-6)

BROCARDO, CARLOS R.; ZIPPARRO, VALESCA B.; DE LIMA, RENATO A. F.; GUEVARA, ROGER; GALETTI, MAURO. No changes in seedling recruitment when terrestrial mammals are excluded in a partially defaunated Atlantic rainforest. Biological Conservation, v. 163, n. SI, p. 107-114, JUL 2013. (07/03392-6)

LEITE, ABRAAO DE BARROS; BRANCALION, PEDRO H. S.; GUEVARA, ROGER; GALETTI, MAURO. Differential seed germination of a keystone palm (Euterpe edulis) dispersed by avian frugivores. JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY, v. 28, n. 6, p. 615-618, NOV 2012. (10/04927-3, 07/03392-6)

SANCHES, ALEXANDRA; DE FIGUEIREDO, MARINA GOMES; HATANAKA, TERUMI; PEREIRA DE PAULA, FERNANDO FONSECA; SILVEIRA, LEANDRO; JACOMO, ANAH TEREZA A.; GALETTI, JR., PEDRO MANOEL. Microsatellite loci isolated from the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris), one of the largest Neotropical mammal. CONSERVATION GENETICS RESOURCES, v. 1, n. 1, p. 115-117, DEC 2009. (07/04073-1, 07/03392-6)

SANCHES, A.; PEREZ, W. A. M.; FIGUEIREDO, M. G.; ROSSINI, B. C.; CERVINI, M.; GALETTI, JR., P. M.; GALETTI, M.. Wildlife forensic DNA and lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris) poaching. CONSERVATION GENETICS RESOURCES, v. 3, n. 1, p. 189-193, JAN 2011. (07/04073-1, 07/03392-6)

NORRIS, D.; ROCHA-MENDES, F.; DE BARROS FERRAZ, S. FROSINI; VILLANI, J. P.; GALETTI, M.. How to not inflate population estimates? Spatial density distribution of white-lipped peccaries in a continuous Atlantic forest. ANIMAL CONSERVATION, v. 14, n. 5, p. 492-501, OCT 2011. (07/03392-6)